With members of the Packer team that played in the original game looking on and the weather hovering well above that game's -13 mark, Ice Bowl II took on a much warmer tone yesterday. Cowboy fans sauntered around Lambeau, mingling happily with their Packer brethren, mugging for pre-game pics and trading good-natured barbs. The similarities [...]
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Behind the scenes of the Ice Bowl
My dad exhaled at the exact right moment on December 31, 1967 and we've been seeing his icy mug ever since. Frozen breath frames his baby face in one of the more dramatic images from one of the NFL's most dramatic games. For nearly 50 years logical viewers have assumed Ron Kostelnik's pained expression reflected [...]
From Kosovo to Lambeau, a most loyal Packer fan
I don't like to brag, but I'm pretty sure I sat next to the Packer fan who traveled the farthest to get to Lambeau Field Sunday afternoon. Deniza Peja, a sweet 17-year old, came 4,991 miles to attend her first Packer game. She had not been able to see the Packers play before she left [...]
Great Roby at the Mic
It looked a little rocky for the Lambeau team that day. The score stood 21 -10 with but one half left to play after Witherspoon lumbered 70 yards to pick an awkward six. A pall like silence filled the air. Our playoff hopes seemed nixed. A straggling few got up to go, in anger and [...]
Happy Veteran’s Day, NFL Style
The lone highlight of yesterday's Packer game occurred during halftime when four members of the All Veteran Parachute Team floated into Lambeau Field, trailing patriotic smoke and skillfully avoiding camera wires. Though they appeared to be aiming way too far east of the stadium when they jumped from the plane, all four landed squarely on [...]